Car end construction.



R."W. BURNETT.

CAR END consmucnowl APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. ISIS.

1,287,632. Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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j CAR END CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it lmown-that I, RIQHARD WJBURNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented acertain new and useful Improvement in OarEnd Constructions, of which thefollowing is a full, clear," concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car end construction.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an eiiicient and simple means for tying certain parts of a car end together.

Otherobjects will appear from a description of the device hereinafter given.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an end view of a part of a car end embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of a connecting member.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 4: indicates the inner boards of a car end, the outer sheathing being shown at 5. The car end is reinforced by the supplementary inner sheathing 6 and by the vertical reinforcing members 7 on the outer face of the cars end. The said members are preferably Z-bars and are secured to the car end by suitable means, as for instance, the bolts 8 passing through the sheathings and the interposed car end post 9. The buffer block is indicated at 10, with its striking plate 11. The end sill is shown at 12, and the car flooring at 13. A truss rod 14: passes through the end sill and buffer block and is provided at its outer end with the threaded nut 15. The truss rods are located, as shown in the drawings, in their usual positions in car structures.

In order to tie the parts of the car end securely together, I provide the connecting member 16, which is preferably a casting, the same comprising a flat plate 17 perfo rated as at 18 for the passage of suitable means, as for instance, the rivets 19, to connect it to the reinforcing member 7 and, in the specific structure shown, to the inner flange 20 of the Z-bar. The said plate 17 is also perforated as at 21 for the passage of suitable means, as for instance, the bolt 22, to connect the same securely to the end sill. It is also provided with the perforation 122 for the passage of a truss rod 14, the 0 ening being preferably surrounded by a oss .1, Specification of Letters Patent. P te t d 17, 1913, Applicationfiled-February 9, 1918. Serial No. 216,179.

' as indicated at 23. The said plate is mounted between the buffer block 10 and the sheathing 5 which is carried down over the end sill l2.

It is obvious that the carryingdovvn of the sheathing 5 is not necessary, and that the platemay be engaged directlyagainst the end sill.

I provide the plate 17 of the connecting member 16 with a reinforcing flange 24:, and the principal portion of the plate 17 is slightly oflset as at 25 to secure a fit of the same against the reinforcing member 7 The lower portion 26 of the plate 17 is somewhat angular to the upper portion of the plate in order that the same may reach the truss rod 14. It will be obvious that this angularity may be changed or eliminated to accommodate itself to the relative positions of the reinforcing members 7 and the truss rods 14 in different car end structures.

From the description above given, it is evident that I obtain a very secure anchorage for the bottoms of the reinforcing 2- bars or other beams to the end sill structure of the car and by offsetting the connecting plates at their lower ends so as to bring them in line with the truss rods or other bolts or securin means passing through the end sill and bu er block, I am enabled to employ the truss rods, bolts, etc., to assist in forming the anchorage. In this manner, the car builders in repairing the old wood cars are saved the expense of additional parts and labor such as would be required if extra securing bolts were employed and at the same time it is obvious that the end sills and buffer blocks are not weakened by the formation of additional bolt holes. With the anchorage obtained for the reinforcing Z-bars or ther beams, it is evidentthat the end wall of the car at the bottom thereof is braced against longitudinal shifting and the Z-bars themselves are additionally braced against shifting laterally, and all with a minimum expense since the connecting plates are obviously capable of manufacture cheaply in large quantities. V

This device, therefore, among other results, accomplishes the desirable one of securely tying together the parts of a car end, makin a substantial structure of great strengt in which each part assists in the support of the other, and also assists in resisting the shocks of service delivered through. the draft rigging, and the shocks to shifting of cargoes carried in the ear.

I claim:

In a reinforced wood ear end censtrnction,

the combination with the Wood end wall of the car includin sheathing and wood posts and an end sill, of a Yerticnlly extending reinforcing beam securdfothe' 'iiil't'er "face of the end Wall and terrninating approxima telynt the top of the end sill, said bemn having a flange paralleling the end ,Walifgm'd another section perpendicular theifeto and a, rein o ng c0nn ct-ing,e1ement[securedto the lowe end Qfisaid bea an extendin downwardly in front ef the end sill, said eleme tihevinge.flange disposed P p dicular t0 the end Wall Of the car, the downwardfextension of said element being perforated 1n allnement to receive a securing member of the car underframeysuch as a uss rodpr belt,

Tnivv'itnes'sthati claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 24th day of Jan., 19 l8 I RICHARD lJ. CA'NAMY. 

